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Month: March 2009
200x faster Ray Tracing
Caustic will deliver an average 20x increase in the speed used to create 3D imagery for film and video, game development, as well as automotive and consumer product design. The second generation of Caustic’s technology, due early in 2010, is expected to offer a 200x speed-up over current graphics products.
Real time raytracing should be fun.
Creating iPS Cells
scientists learned how to create a pluripotent stem cell out of a human skin cell. this will allow to regrow body parts in the lab.
2014-01-29:Creating stem cells directly from blood cells, via an acid shock. Huge, huge implications.
shocking blood cells with acid could also trigger the transformation into stem cells
Homeownership & unemployment
Homeownership is a more important predictor of unemployment than rates of unionization or the generosity of welfare benefits. It ties people to declining locations, and forces them into work that is a poor match for their interests and abilities.
Facebook Relationships
research shows not all fb friends are friends!
Notable Exoplanets
The 100s of exoplanets discovered to date are an extremely diverse group. Many are Jupiter-like gas giants, but some have a rocky surface. Many are extremely hot, orbiting close to their home star, but some are icy-cold. Some orbit massive stars, many times more brilliant than our Sun, others circle dim red dwarfs.
And yet, even in such an eclectic group, some exoplanets stand out from the crowd. These are planets that possess some unique feature that singles them out. Or they are typical planets that are better studied and better known than the others. To provide a taste of what these alien worlds are like, here is a selection of a few such notable exoplanets and what scientists know of them.
RNC RFP
The RFP lays out RNC HQ’s tech vision in a way that might make more sense were hallucinogenic substances involved: “If we haven’t thought of it — think about it. If it hasn’t been tried — why not. If it’s going to be ‘outside the box’ — then not only keep it outside the box, but take it to someplace the box hasn’t even reached yet.” Like, woah.
LOL. RFPs like these is why i no longer work in CMS.
Federal CIO
the guy mostly seems to have clue, even though he uses twitter.
End of Farmers Markets?
kickbacks for big farming under the always popular safety fetish banner.
What this will do is force anyone who produces food of any kind, and then transports it to a different location for sale, to register with a new federal agency called the “Food Safety Administration.” Even growers who sell just fruit and/or vegetables at farmers markets would not only have to register, but they would be subject inspections by federal agents of their property and all records related to food production.
Humans 8% retroviral
8% of the human genome is clearly retroviral. And microbial cells outnumber human cells 10:1 in our body. who are we?
Gregor J. Rothfuss 